Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: . Individuals at risk of Type 2 Diabetes are advised to change health habits. This study investigated how the PREMIT behavior modification intervention and its association with socio-economic variables influenced weight maintenance and habit strength in the PREVIEW study. Overweight adults with pre-diabetes were enrolled ( n = 2,224) in a multi-center RCT including a 2-month weight-loss phase and a 34-month weight-maintenance phase for those who lost ≥ 8% body weight. Initial stages of the PREMIT covered the end of weight-loss and the beginning of weight-maintenance phase (18 weeks). Cross-sectional and longitudinal data were explored. Frequent PREMIT sessions attendance, being female, and lower habit strength for poor diet were associated with lower weight re-gain. Being older and not in employment were associated with lower habit strength for physical inactivity. The PREMIT appeared to support weight loss maintenance. Younger participants, males, and those in employment appeared to struggle more with inactivity habit change and weight maintenance.
Authors: Maija Huttunen-Lenz, Sylvia Hansen, Thomas Meinert Larsen, Pia Christensen, Mathijs Drummen, Tanja Adam, Moira A. Taylor, Elizabeth Simpson, Jose A. Martinez, Santiago Navas-Carretero, Teodora Handjieva-Darlenska, Sally D. Poppitt, Marta P. Silvestre, Mikael Fogelholm, Elli Jalo, Roslyn Muirhead, Shannon Brodie, Anne Raben, Wolfgang Schlicht
Institutions: University of Stuttgart, University of Copenhagen, Maastricht University, University of Nottingham, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spanish Biomedical Research Centre in Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Universidad de Navarra, Medical University of Sofia, University of Auckland, University of Helsinki, The University of Sydney
Language: English
Subfield: Applied Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2948601948